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Early movers making a difference! From the Concord Monitor: "Bloom said he and McNeil are 'political hobbyists.' In recent years, they’ve both lobbied in favor of industrial hemp. McNeil is the executive director for the New Hampshire Coalition for Common Sense Marijuana Policy. Bloom drafted the law that created nanobreweries in New Hampshire." Read more...Photo credit: Nick Reid, Monitor Staff

Tears of joy, for receiving a food basket through voluntary charity from Shire Sharing, a volunteer-based organization started by Amanda Bouldin four years ago as a tribute to and in loving memory of her father who had passed away from cancer. Hear the backstory of Shire Sharing in Amanda’s own words.

Shire Sharing has grown from its modest beginnings in 2011, when we fed 52 households, to a goal of 500 deliveries this year. In the end, 332 households received packages, while funds were raised to feed 500. The remaining meals will be distributed to Liberty House, a homeless veteran shelter in Manchester--all the turkeys!

The annual Shire Sharing Thanksgiving tradition now brings together a huge crew of Free Staters who celebrate the idea of voluntary giving. These dedicated activists spent the weekend spreading goodwill and goodies to those in need. It filled our hearts! More...

From Freedom Outpost: "In Obama's America, it can seem like freedom and limited government are a thing of the past. With a ballooning federal deficit, religious freedom under fire, and the Constitution treated as a joke, it's hard to find good news for our great country. Hard, but not impossible. Thankfully, there's hope, in the form of a determined group of conservative activists that's growing by the day: the Free State Project." Read more...

The Free State Project (FSP) started with an idea: if 20,000 libertarian activists could all move to one small state with a friendly culture, that would be enough to create true “Liberty In Our Lifetime.” In 2003, New Hampshire was chosen. Since then, more than 16,000 people have signed the Statement of Intent to move when the target is hit – and 1,674 participants have already made the move!

This week, two of these early movers released an original documentary on the project – 101 Reasons: Liberty Lives in New Hampshire, available for free on Youtube. Click the video above to watch right now.

Like the FSP itself, this film started with a man and a vision. Director Vince Perfetto wanted to figure out how he could adapt a famous outreach pamphlet, “101 Reasons to Move to New Hampshire,” into a feature film. He enlisted the help of filmmaker Beau Davis, and the two began recording personal stories from FSP participants and perspectives on this historic project from liberty’s leading lights, including Ron Paul’s former Economic Adviser Peter Schiff, Food Inc.’s Joel Salatin, Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com, Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine, and several more. More...

Here is this week's episode of It's Like This Too. We wanted to wait a day to release, so we didn't steal 101 Reason Liberty Lives in New Hampshire's thunder. I really loved doing this interview with Carlos Morales. He's wickedly funny guy, really passionate, and makes some pretty interesting facial expressions. I hope you enjoy watching this episode as much as we had making it!

Cecelia Fairchild and Shire Dude interview the author of Legally Kidnapped, Carlos Morales.
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The Free State Project (FSP) started with an idea: if 20,000 libertarian activists could all move to one small state with a friendly culture, that would be enough to create true “Liberty In Our Lifetime.” In 2003, New Hampshire was chosen. Since then, more than 16,000 people have signed the Statement of Intent to move when the target is hit – and over 1,600 participants have already made the move.

Today, two of these early movers have released an original documentary on the project, entitled 101 Reasons: Liberty Lives in New Hampshire, now available for free on Youtube.

The film is a love letter from these 21st century pioneers to their newfound home. It is told through the personal stories of fellow FSP participants and interviews with liberty’s leading lights, including investor Peter Schiff, Food Inc.’s Joel Salatin, Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com, Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine, and several more. More...

Over the weekend, the Concord Monitor did an in-depth interview with early movers Dan and Carol McGuire, who were both recently re-elected to the state house. "'We have a consistent political philosophy, which is more freedom is better and that government tends to cause more harm than good, sometimes with the best intentions,' he said." Read the full article.Photo credit: Nick Reid, Concord Monitor Staff

Check out this week's episode! Cecelia Fairchild and Shire Dude interview the "foundress" of Shire Sharing, Amanda Bouldin.
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Early movers Cecelia and Shire Dude, producers of "It's Like This Too," a new series highlighting early Free State Project movers, explain what motivated them to move, and what kind of activism they have been involved in since making it to the Shire. Stay tuned for a new episode every Monday on Voices of Liberty: Powered by Ron Paul.

It’s Like This Too, a new video series premiering Monday, November 3rd will focus on early movers of the Free State Project, and will explore what these movers are doing to create Liberty in Our Lifetime.

Based in New Hampshire, movers of the Free State Project are putting into practice a slew of tactics in an effort to advance liberty, and be part of a productive, harmonious, and, most importantly, voluntary community.

In partnership with Voices of Liberty (formerly the Ron Paul Channel), and hosted by early movers Cecelia and Shire Dude, It’s Like This Too will highlight efforts of FSP movers, including, but not limited to, political efforts, alternative education, outreach, efforts to become self-sustaining, and simply living free. The ingenuity that abounds when individuals from all walks of life move to a common location with a shared goal of liberty is both limitless and awe-inspiring; see for yourself. More...

President’s report
• Liberty Forum: going well. A good number of confirmed speakers, some speaker requests still outstanding. Web site to launch this week.
• Need to focus on sponsor recruitment. $1600 to bring a speaker out.
• PorcFest 2015: no organizer identified yet.
• Ambassador program moving along.
• Fundraising. Need to do more. About to launch another round of support for Chris Lopez. She is willing (and there is work for her to do) to increase her number of hours.

New Hampshire's largest newspaper, The Union Leader, weighs in with a balanced article about Free State Project participants who are building better lives in the Live Free or Die state.

From the article: "But a little magic did already happen, with about 10 percent of those people having moved to New Hampshire. They didn't want to wait.

'I think some people thought there is no reason to wait. New Hampshire is already a pretty libertarian state compared to the rest of the country. And I and a lot of other people thought why not move there and take advantage of what New Hampshire has to offer,' said Jason Sorens, who started the movement with an essay he wrote as a Yale graduate student in 2001." Read the entire article at The Union Leader.

Polish liberty activist Marek Zemsta visited New Hampshire early in 2014, spending time with the Free State activist community. He was so inspired by the activities in New Hampshire, he started his own "Robin Hooding Krakow." Says Zemsta: "I would like to share my small success with you. At the end of July, we made our first official Robin Hooding event in Kraków. 6 people were saved from a parking ticket. Two weeks ago, I was finally able to prepare this video and post it on YouTube. Since then it has gained 50,000 views, which is my personal record. Moreover, our activism was described in two Polish news websites, and on Friday we will be doing another event with one of the biggest mainstream TV stations and their cameras. So once more thank you for tons of inspiration during my visit. (I made English subs for you.)"

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Free State Project, in partnership with Blockchain, is pleased to announce our advertising campaign: “Get Out of Doge: Escape to the Final Frontier.” A banner ad on Blockchain.info directs Bitcoin and alternate currency enthusiast to a special FSP landing page where you can read about the rich connections between Bitcoiners and Free Staters. Take a look, and help spread the word! Giddyup!